Isis
by lisae

Comment:
I like the unique way you met the challenge, and I love cat photos. The lower right seems a little overexposed, I'm assuming it's more of the cat's face, but a bit hard to interpret. 7

Sweet Flower
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Critique Club:

Meeting the Challenge:
This might be appropriate if someone was looking for a party theme photo, combination of colors and patterns, or maybe an Easter or Candy theme. Not what I would consider a typical stock photo, but with today's diversity it might well work for a particular need.

Composition:
The eggs do stand out to me, but the patterns in the bowl are a little distracting. The brightness of the center helps create the focal point. I am not personally wild about centered photos, and this is a little off from left to right. I might have left the wider horizontal edge at the bottom to give it a little "anchor" rather than having it at the top. I like the dark background, might have wanted to increase darkness just slightly more in levels to help even out the blackish areas in such.

Technical Quality: A bit over exposed in the middle, which detracts from the clarity in the middle section, esp with the little candies. I think you did well considering you were using a magnifying glass, though!

Creativity: Very good in this area, your photo was definitely unique.

Overall conclusion: I think your idea was good, but the bowl in the photo may really haved caused problems with exposure, and made the photo a little too busy and a little questionable about the theme of this "stock" photo.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Kandice

Meditating about life
by jenarom

Comment:
Perfect use of the challenge. My favorite so far. The tree on the right helps with framing, the increasing light also helps lead the eye to the subject and the sky helps add some balance to the overall look and almost points to the subject as well. 10 good luck!

Texas Connection
by crabappl3

Comment:
Great shjopt, very creative meets the ch allenge extremely well. Who would have thought trash cans would have made such an interesting photo. The only thing I might change is the grainy look to the bleachers, although my guess is a good deal of it is 'natural'. Good luck. 9

Pulse of the City
by SharQ

Comment:
Interesting shot, hope it's abstract quality goes over well here.

The Power and Problems Behind the Church.
by Geocide

Comment:
Nice use of empty space, in addition to leading lines and interesting angle of rotation. The color combination is also pleasing to me. Your title adds a lot of impact as well as the strong lighting. Good luck. 8

Riverwalk
by pitsaman

Comment:
I see lines, one thing I might liked to have seen is more of a focal point. The sky really looks nice here. Good luck.

Meandering Blues
by jerrft

Comment:
I like this shot and how the lines lead you through the photo. Good depth shown, as well as nice use of duotone. The shot seems as clear as one can get with this much distance involved. Sure looks chilly! 9

The Sparrow
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Great candid shot, difficult to get a good clear shot of wildlife, which would be my main suggestion for improvement in this shot, and maybe a different crop so the bird wasn't so much in the center of the bottom of the photo.

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by rj324

Comment:
I wish this had a better focal point. The lines are leading both in a vertical and horizontal manner which adds some interest to the road.